Improved machine for attaching thin paper to straw-boards



M. FITZGIBBONS. MAGEINB FOR ATTAUHING THIN PAPER TO STRAW BOARDS. No. 103, 19;

Patented May 24; 1870.

wJ llia Fgura 2 wmw w jnve zor UNITED STATES PATENT f MAURioEjm'rzeiBBous, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

"lMPROVE P MAC H INE FORIATTACHIING Tl llN PAPER o sTRAw-BoARos.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent :Wo. 103,3), dated May 24, 1870.

To all whom it may concern .5

Beit known that I, MAURICE Frrzernnons,

.ofthe city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful machine for pasting and gluinglight orthin paper, or other'material, n'pon heavy straw or other paper board usedin the manu-' faoture of paper boxes orother articles andI do hereby declare :thatthe following is a full, clear,and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of the specifications, and to the letters of.

.referenc'emarked thereon.

Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 a side eleva 'tion, and Fig. 3 a vertical longitudinal section of the machine.

To enable others skilled in'the art to make my invention or machine, I proceed to (le scribe its construction and operation.

1 construct the frame Aof the machine either of wood or metal, insucli form and of such dea sign, ornamental or otherwise, adapted to the several parts of Y the machipeas hereinafter described.

I construct the/machine in part of two rollers, Band 0, over which is passed an endless apron, E, of woven or other fabrics, the power being applied to roller 0. D is the feed-board;

upon which the material is placed, in connecnor other material, attached to each side of the? bottom of the fountain so as to distribute the paste, glue, or other glutinous material evenly over the surface of the board or paper after passing through the feed-rollers. J is a roller, so arranged that'it can be removed at pleasure, upon which the light or thin paper is wound or rolled in a continuous length, from which it is drawn, and passes through the two next succeeding rollers.

The roller J is adjustable by the necessary appliances to give the paper the Proper tension so as to spread it evenly upon the pasted or glued surface of the straw-board.

K and L, are two rollers, the upper roller being adjustable so as to regulate the amount of pressure desired. The two rollers thus arranged press the thin or light paper firmly upon the straw or other board. M is a metallic apron or guide topass the material, af-

ter being pressed, under the drying-cylilnler.

- N is a hollow metallic cylinder, constructed to be heated from the inside either by gas-orsteam, between which and the endless apron E the material is passed out in a dried state. I is a metallic or other guide to pass the ma terial under the cutter. Q is a cutter, which cuts off the paper at the end of each boardas it passes through the machine. a and a are levers, the cutter-knife being attachedto the ou'teuend of each, the other end resting upon the metallic cylinder, to which are attached adjustable cams e for operating the cutter. b

are metallic springs for raising the cutter from the platfor nig R is a revolving brush placed against the'lo'w'er side of the endless apron for removing the paste or other glutinous material.

The diameter of the drying-cylinderN must be such,in-r'elatiou to the feed of the endless belt E and-the disposition of the cams c, that I the cutters Q' will be held up out of the way of the delivery of the-covered boards until-each piece has just passed the cutter, when the lat ter will be brought down by the positive ac; tion of' the cams c on the cylinder, and thus sever the connection of the-thin covering-paper with each pieceof board as it is delivered from the machine. The springs hteudc'on} stantly to hold the inner ends of the arms of ,the cutter upon a circular seat, 0, on each end of the cylinder, while the cams c act as lifters to said ends of the arms, and thus depress the cutter carried by their opposite ends.

In the instance represented in the drawings,

the cams 'e are disposed upon the cylinder dia} metrically opposite each other, and, therefore; .each half-revolution of the cylinder will operate the cutter so that the circumference ofthe FFIGE.

cylinder must be equal, or thereabou't, to the length of two pieces of straw-boards.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, for which I desire to secure Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of a revolving cleaninghrush, R, or its equivalent, with an endless revolving apron, E, for the purpose of removing the paste or material from said apron, so that it will always present a. clean surface to receive the straw or other boards, and thus prevent the n fronisticking and insure their proper delivery, substantiallyvas before de scribed.

2. The combination of the dryin g-cylinder N, constructed with cams e andcylindricel bearings e for the cutterarms, with the reciproeating cutter Q, operated at proper intervals by the direct and positive action of the cams and springs b, substantially as before described.

MAURICE FITZGIBBONS. Witnesses:

W. S. HORNFAGEB, H. BALEN WALKER. 

